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Amy Scanlon Boughner (she/her)

@amyboughner.bsky.social

Lover of words, fan of schnauzers, mom to an amazing kid, taking a lot of pictures of birds recently. Canadian with a penchant for UK panel shows. I write and edit: https://www.amyboughner.ca/

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Opinion: Canada’s memorials reveal who we are as a country We prefer to honour the things that bind us together as one nation from coast to coast to coast

Sad that Mark Critch did not include some of my favourites in this piece:

The Happy Rock in Gladstone, Manitoba, the world's second-largest pysanka in Vegreville, Alberta.

I lived for a time in St. Paul, Alberta, home to the UFO landing pad.

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

28.11.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Government of Canada announces new weather alert system to help protect Canadians in extreme weather - Canada.ca Today, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced an important update to its national weather alert program, designed to make weather information clearer for Canadians.

We might not be doing anything on climate change, but at least we have this now

www.canada.ca/en/environme...

26.11.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A blessed day

26.11.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You know what I want? Long term planning

25.11.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love that show

25.11.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Because

25.11.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Why didn't anyone tell me there were new episodes of Toopy and Binoo?

25.11.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I didn't even use the journalist kind when I was a journalist – author kind, I guess?

My Dad was a journalist who used police notebooks for some reason

25.11.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think I had a dream about shopping for notebooks last night

25.11.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Parents need to be comfortable talking about post-partum symptoms so when babies are born no one is too ashamed to get help.

24.11.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Charlottetown woman with postpartum depression pleads guilty to killing daughter | CBC News A Charlottetown woman accused of killing her infant daughter has pleaded guilty to infanticide instead of the first-degree murder charge that was originally laid against her β€” a charge she is eligible...

Can we please discuss the difference between post-partum depression and post-partum psychosis? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

24.11.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

It's that time of year when the stores are packed and everyone forgets how to park

23.11.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How often do MPs who are in the Parliament Buildings use the app to vote?

18.11.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love the Ottawa Valley accent

18.11.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

David Cochrane with the conspiracy theories

18.11.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He's trying to square a circle and I don't know why he's still talking

18.11.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, they don't have the budget for press secretaries

18.11.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All I'm saying is that if I were Don Davies, I would not have gone to the mic

18.11.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Reports said two, so they might still need the Speaker

17.11.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My mom scheduled me for afternoon kindergarten so I wouldn't miss him

17.11.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I literally walked in to see this on the TV and thought 'wow, that guy really looks like Richard Gere.'

17.11.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Throwback to hanging out in Mike's Place watching the 2005 vote – the Chuck Cadman vote

17.11.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Parliamentary Budget Officer

17.11.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry, is the CPC line that the PM is firing the PBO? The interim guy?

17.11.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Also made me add 'Go to Scotland and watch an election count' to my bucket list

17.11.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I took a class on Westminster politics and the ease with which other Westminster states can replace their leaders is quite something

17.11.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This explains why older women always seemed so powerful to me

16.11.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sorry, there is a person on CBC doing movie reviews that is not Eli Glasner

14.11.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!

Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

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It's where I grew up, and lived for part of the time I was a Carleton student

13.11.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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